King Crimson - The Most Prog Of The Prog

If you want to hear music in the future, listen to King Crimson 
" Bill Bruford, drummer for King Crimson" 1972-1974, 1981-1984 and 1994-1999.
King Crimson is a progressive rock band formed in England in 1969 by Robert Fripp and Michael Giles, to resume their previous projects namely Giles, Giles and Fripp with Peter Giles, who broke up in the same year. They rarely penetrate the mainstream market but have a row of fans 'one of the terloyal and fanatics that ever existed' and highly influential on rock music scene.
King Crimson's first lineup (1969-1970) consisted of Fripp (guitar), Giles (drums), Ian McDonald (multi instrumentalist), Greg Lake (bass, vocals), and Peter Sinfield (lyrics).They spawned the album In The Court of the Crimson King: An Observation By King Crimson, abbreviated ITCOTCK, which is the album's most successful and influential progressive rock scene at that time.
But even at that time, the split occurred between Fripp, McDonald and Giles are different opinions about the musical direction KC. So McDonald and Giles left the band.Lake had become uneasy with the situation, and partly because Keith Emerson invited to create supergroups (later will be ELP), the Lake decided to exit. But Fripp was desperate and begged Lake and Giles to remain until the next album, and the bass position was replaced by Peter Giles. Fripp recruited 2 people again, Mel Collins and Keith Tippett to replace McDonald. They released the album In The Wake Of Poseidon (1970), which is not so much criticized for its behavior and his voice is very similar to ITCOTCK.
Lake and Giles (both) was finally out, and the position of bass / vocals replaced by Gordon Haskell, with Andy McCullough on drums. They released the album Lizards in December 1970. But confusion persists in the band, with a failed or canceled tours and have trouble finding their musical direction. So Haskell and McCullough decided to get out. Fripp then recruit Boz Burrell at the position bass / vocals and Ian Wallace on drums. Sinfield understand the situation and begin using synthesizers. They meriis album Islands in 1971. This is the last album that influenced / similar to ITCOTCK.
Sinfield was fed up with the chaos and was unhappy with the direction of the target band, and he was fired by Fripp. King Crimson was finally disbanded at once, because Fripp's decision to only include homemade songs on the album. Fripp decided to recruit re-member band from the beginning, and in 1972 he hired James Muir (percussion) and then pull Bill Bruford (drums) from Yes, and John Wetton (bass / vocals) and David Cross (violin / keyboards). They move quickly and released the album Larks' Tongues In Aspic (1972) with lyrics by Richard Palmer-James. They experienced a very significant change in sound, with Fripp find 'distinctive voice' his guitar, and sometimes leads to heavy metal, free jazz, and Vaughan Williams and Bela Bartok. James Muir decided to leave the band after the tour that year as well.
Fripp decided to stay on the line-up and spawn King Crimson Starless and Bible Black (1973) that transmit sound from previous albums, plus the influence of Miles Davis and his White Album The Beatles. But Cross frustrated with the noise made by Bruford and Wetton when the concert, which forced him to divert his violin, so he's out.
The remaining trio decided to release the album Red (1974). This album, although not sold in the UK but very influential and famous, and even inspired Kurt Cobain of Nirvana 25 years later. Although the prospects are very open with a concert band that is fully charged, but Fripp experiencing a spiritual crisis and loss of spirit, so decided to liquidate King Crimson.
They had formed again in 1980, with Adrian Belew (vocals / guitar) and Tony Levin (bass) replaced Wetton, who was busy with Asia. They released 3 albums, Discipline (1981), Beat (1982), and Three Of A Perfect Pair (1984), which is affected by the movement of New Wave and gamelan (yes!). They again disbanded in 1984.
They returned in 1994, with the concept of "double trio" and adding Trey Gunn (bass) and Pat Mastellotto (drums). They released the EP Vroom (1994) and Thrak (1995) which prove the greatness and strange experiments conducted "double trio". But this project is quite expensive to run. But rather than dismiss the band, Fripp issued a new idea of ​​dividing the band into four "ProjeKCts" which Fripp called "FraKCtalization". In this way, King Crimson can run the project with ease.
With the formation of "projeKCts" is, they released a compilation of The ProjeKCts in 1999, before Fripp decided to end this concept in 2000, which marked the release of the band Bruford and Levin. They released The ConstruKCtion of Light (2000). This album is their heaviest album, and one that is not liked, even by some of their fans. They decided to go ahead, released an EP Level Five (2001) and Happy With What You Have To Be Happy With (2002). Only in 2003 they released the album The Power to Believe, their latest album, much praised and well known among lovers of prog. They then decided to vacuum (hiatus), while in 2004.
They came back in 2007, with Gunn replaced again by Levin (bass) and Gavin Harrison of Porcupine Tree is added as a second drummer. To date they have not released a new album.